Princess of the Dragon Clan [ Kakashi Hatake X OC Romance ] Book 1 Complete

Chapter 21 Chunin Exams Part 5

            I stood on the balcony next to Kakashi and Naruto beside me. We were watching down at Sakura’s match. I can’t believe her opponent was Ino, but maybe this will be good for Sakura. She and Ino went hard against each other, going head-to-head with great speed and agility. Sakura was superb with her chakra reserve and being able to spread it out evenly throughout her body. It gave her an edge in the match, but then Ino used her mind transfer jutsu and caught Sakura in the middle of it all.

            I shook my head. Was it over already? I wanted to see them go at it more…but oh well…I know the mind transfer jutsu is solid and impossible to break. I looked over while Naruto was yelling down to Sakura. He yelled for her not to give up and how hard she worked to get here. I looked back down and saw Sakura hesitating to forfeit the match. I gasped as I saw it…Sakura was fighting inside herself. Her spirit was fighting and expelling Ino’s, and at that moment, Ino released her jutsu. They were both out of chakra, so it came down to brute force. They started darting towards each other, and when they threw their punch, they hit each other simultaneously. They both hit the ground unconscious. I saw Kakashi and Asuma teleport down to the arena and teleported the two girls up to the balcony. Hayate already called the match a tie, meaning neither would move on to the finals.

            I bent down next to Kakashi, looking at the two girls leaning against the wall, still unconscious.

            “She put up a good fight…she has grown, hasn’t she.”

            I looked down and smiled softly; she did…She probably didn’t do as well as she wanted, but she’ll have plenty of time to improve. I turned my head to the side and saw Kakashi; he had turned his gaze to me and smiled as he nodded in agreement with Sakura’s performance.

            “Yes, she did…she did well…and her determination is just as strong as Naruto’s.”

            I sat next to the girls until they came to; once they did, I made sure they were both okay and they could return to watching the matches. I returned to the railing to continue watching as well. The next match was up, and it was Tenten and the girl from the sand village. These sand village genin are something else. I did not get a good feeling from any of them. As the matches continued, I would steal glances at Kakashi. He was focused on the matches and would stare intently. He never spoke to me. I felt the tension in the air, and it made me uncomfortable. As the match with Tenten and the sand village girl ended, and they were waiting for the next one to be announced, I got a weird feeling.

I got a feeling that someone was watching me. I looked around the balcony and didn’t see anyone out of place. They were all watching the screen to see who would be next, but I locked eyes with the sound village Jonin. He and his two genin were directly across from me on the opposite side’s balcony. I couldn’t see him super well, but from what I could see, he was staring intently at me. I kept my eyes locked with his for a moment until I felt a massive pain in my head. It hurt so bad I had to hold my hand up to my head, and I shut my eyes tight. I groaned in pain and took a step back. I felt someone on each side of me, and they were holding my arms. I couldn’t open my eyes to see who they were, though. I ended up falling and sat in place, holding my head. What…what happened? Did that sound Jonin do something to me? This doesn’t seem right…this doesn’t feel right at all. I sat there momentarily and felt the pain starting to ease up. When it got bearable, I lowered my hand and slowly opened my eyes again. I looked to my right and left; Kakashi and Sakura were by my side and holding onto my shoulders. I heard Kakashi, and he was staring at me with a worried eye.

            “Isamu! Are you alright? What’s wrong? What happened?”

            Sakura looked at me worriedly, and Naruto ran over and dropped to his knees. He began asking if I was alright; I shook my head.